Another Aspect of Love

There are levels, percentages, and measurements in our heart felt emotions. We will say we love something and it is true, but it has a conscious or subconscious level of importance to us. It is easy to understand when thinking about a certain food we love compared to a person we love. One we could easily give up and the other would be something we could not live without.

All of us start out as pure children naïve to the evil things of the world. Children believe everyone until that one person comes along to lie to them and the child catches onto it. As the pure and innocent child grows encountering more and more evil things at higher levels and cost they develop walls. Coldness sets into their hearts and evil things begin to replace the good and innocence. Our emotions become sized.

A person who one day wakes up to the realization of the world’s fake love and selfishness starts looking for a way out. They see themselves living in this dark, don’t care, and revengeful day to day life style and thinks to themselves “I am sick and tired of this“, “I want out“, or “is there not a better way“? I had those thoughts.

I heard a voice speak to me inside my mind, heart, and soul “try Me“. I was raised going to church, but the world had corrupted my soul over and over into a dark, revengeful, and hateful state towards all people. I was full of evil using people like I was, deceiving people like I was, and trusting absolutely no one else. I was tired of this what seem to be an unending circle of darkness going around and around. The voice said once again, “try Me, you have tried everything else“. The voice was right and I knew it. It was God.

I had almost no love in my heart and my relationship with God started out with a one percent love for Him. I put our relationship on a trial basis, but I would go after Him as hard as I did the world. I would challenge Him with the toughest questions a person could ask. As time went on and He answered my questions my love grew to higher and higher percentages. I actually started seeing within myself a much nicer and happier person.

I like to believe this present day that I have reached the one hundred percent all in love with God for saving my soul, saving me from myself, and setting me free from the devil’s control. I found love is THE CORE of God. He loved me when no one else did. He loved me for who I am without all the layers and walls of lies I had built up. You cannot not find a more trustworthy love than with God directly.

A very, very powerful thought hit me a couple of weeks ago while talking with God. I was in the scriptures where Jesus said, Mtt. 7:23 “And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” It hit me strongly that I cannot describe the blow that hit my spirit. I love God so much for changing my life and saving me from continually being evil. I believe God revealed to me another aspect of my love towards Him. The thought was, it would be hell to me just to hear God say the words to me, “…depart from me…” “…I never knew you…“. If there is anyone I would want to accept me it would be God.

I would feel hell already from just those words of rejection from the one I love the most. It would be hell long before you sent me to the actual lake of eternal fire and torment. We have people today and we should examine ourselves that talk the talk of Christianity, but inside their spirit they are not right with God. God allows all people to do things in His name with the hopes of true and pure repentance with Him. Fake and hypocritical people with false facades will be rejected by God, but true lovers of God must be careful and diligent to keep themselves in a ready state with God.

The thoughts of God saying to me, “…depart from me…” “…I never knew you…” devastated me. I would not want the tiniest measurement of time to be absent from God. This is where the levels, percentages, and measurements of your love come into the light. How much do you really love God. Not what you tell people, but what you know when you are all alone and only God sees your spirit.

God showed me something that I had not seen before and I hope your spirit will see this also. Focus your thoughts on how much to you love God. In this next section I believe you will have a life changing experience with God Luke 7:47 “Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.” What is the measurement of your love in the category of forgiven much or forgiven little?

HOW MUCH DID JESUS the MAN LOVE GOD?

The Holy Spirit of God created a fleshly male baby inside the virgin Mary as a temple of flesh to house the concentration of His Almighty Spirit for the soul loving purpose to save us from our sins. This baby had a calling of God upon him for you and I, but he had to go through the gauntlet of this world like as we did.

As that male baby grew into a child having fellowship with the Almighty God within him everyday there was not a second without God. As a young boy he was curious about the temple man had created for God and the words of God taught there. Luke 2:46 “…they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.” I guess you could God’s living temple, Jesus the boy, met with the stone temple God allowed to be built with man’s hands. Interesting thought of the two temples met.

For thirty years Jesus the man had the presence of God inside him and the daily relationship before he started his God called ministry. Can you imagine having God inside your thoughts, God’s feelings inside your heart, and God’s love for mankind? God looking through your eyes and hearing through your ears?

If you read about Jesus you will see he encountered the lies, the users, the selfish, the fake, the hypocrites, and the evil abuse all of us faced growing up in this world. Jesus the man clung to God and protected his walk with God. He was careful to say only what God shared with him to say. He did things only according to what God wanted done. Jesus the man loved the one and True God inside him one hundred percent.

ANOTHER ASPECT OF LOVE

At the closing of his earthly ministry that God had originally sent him to do we see Jesus was in the garden praying to God. This last night of prayer Jesus was Luke 22:42 “Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.” v44 “And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.“

I have always thought of Jesus at this moment of time was seeing the chains, the slapping and the pulling of his beard; spitting on him and all the lies, rejections, and physical torture as the reason and dread of going through this physical pain and suffering. I would envision he saw the forty strips upon his back, the crown of thorns cutting into his head, and the nails through his feet and hands were the reason of him saying, “…not my will, but thine, be done.“

At this moment of talking with God He showed me the question of “do you think it was all the pain and suffering in his body that caused him to pray that prayer“? God reminded me of my own thoughts of the hell I would experience if God just said the words to depart from Him for He never knew me. This makes you stop and think what was Jesus really focused on in his prayer?

Could it be Jesus the man did see all the physical punishment and death coming his way, but that was not what was bothering him to say, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me…“? Jesus the man lived every second of his earthly life with the cherished and treasured love with God Almighty. Could it be Jesus was seeing something else coming his way? I absolutely love every moment God shares with me.

Could it be Jesus was seeing the moment he would say and experience on the cross, Mtt.27:46 “…My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Could it be his love for God was so strong that all the pain and suffering of the body had no comparison to that moment God would leave him to take on all our sins. It wasn’t the crown of thorns, forty strips upon his back, or the nail through his hands and feet, but what he dreaded the most was the moment God had to leave him for our sins. I pray God never leaves me. How about you?

Jesus grew from a baby into a child always having a divine presence with him. As a young boy he always had God looking through his eyes seeing the unseen. His ears were always hearing understandings of truth and how things really are below the surface. Jesus never knew what it was like to be without God.

Jn 5:17 “…My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.“

v18 “Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.”

v19 “…The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.“

v20 “For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.“

v30 “I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.“

Jesus the man saw through his own eyes God facing death through him. The centurion’s servant ready to die Luke 7:2 , the ruler’s daughter dead on her bed Mtt. 9:18 , the funeral procession with the only son of the mother being carried out of the city Luke 7:12-15, and Lazarus being dead four days in the tomb Jn 11:17 was all God inside Jesus the man experiencing first hand the power of life returning to all these people. Jn. 5:21 “For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.” Jesus the man must have loved every moment seeing God’s love pouring out onto others.

It was time for Jesus the man to go. He had a life here on earth like no other human being had ever experienced. The last night of prayer: Luke 22:44 “And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” I don’t know about you, but I would never want to experience any moment without God. I would never want to be Samson not knowing God had left me. It is a horrible thought.

Could it be Jesus knew the time was coming God was going to leave him and no earthly pain could compare to the spiritual separation he had known his entire earthly life. That separation was for us to be reunited through Jesus to God once again, but someone had to take that sinful separating moment in our place with holy innocent blood paying for our atonement.

How much did Jesus love God? How much did the apostles love God? How much do you love God? Does it pain your heart and soul to think how it would feel if God said to you, depart from Me I never knew you? Would just those words be hell to you? Loving God is beyond the pains of this world, religious traditions, and any false riches the devil may tempt you with. 1 Jn. 4:4 “…greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.“

God is calling you like he did me, “try Me“, “try Me, you have tried everything else” Trust your whole heart and life unto God. You will never be the same again. I promise because it happened to me.

Here is your starting point with God:

Acts 2:38 “…Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” Get baptized in Jesus name and receive the Holy Ghost.

Here is your mid way fellowshipping point:

Luke 11:9 “And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” Start your personal daily fellowship with God.

Here is your ending point:

Mtt. 25:23 “…Well done, good and faithful servant…enter thou into the joy of thy lord.” A worthy goal.

Start your journey with the Lord that will be an adventure everyday just like Jesus did until He calls you home. God bless you and I hope you see the measurement of your love.

If You Love Something

If you love something with a true and pure heart of love you want the best for that something. This is a love that does not have any less percentage than one hundred percent. All of us have emotions that we could say is measured in percentages. You may be able to say you love your job, but more than likely it will be a percentage of love. Eighty percent maybe the measure of your love while twenty percent is reservations of the different aspects of your job, but not one hundred percent.

True love for something in your heart makes them higher than your own happiness. True love for something else is a price you would pay above your own desires. As I was praying to God this morning I had a question. It is always beautiful in a relationship with God that you know He will answer you. One of my favorite acronyms is ASK. Mtt. 7:7 “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:” The other side to ASK is it shall be given, you shall find, and it shall be opened unto you.

As I was talking with God, sounding out the things that were upon my mind with Him, it hit me about who out of all of creation stayed with You? “If You Love Something ” you would want someone to love them and take care of them the same as you would do and more. It is almost like a cry of the heart for someone please love them more than I can. God, in all of creation who stayed with you?

The question drove my thoughts into researching all of the Biblical creation. My thoughts quickly gave up the search and saw the depressing image of mankind that turned away from God and corrupted this beautiful world He created just for us. I looked to the heaven recorded history and a third of the angels turned their backs on God choosing evil over Him. Who has stayed by Your side, God? Who has never stopped loving You? My heart began to ache. What creation has loved You so much that they never left You?

God dropped into my mind as reminder that only a third of the angels left Him. The greatest of all that stayed by His side was Jesus the man created inside the womb of the virgin Mary. My heart was still breaking that so many had left Him and the wish welled up in my soul with a wish that I was one of them. We all fall so short of pleasing God. Why did you do it, Adam and Eve? Why? Did you leave God?

I was driving to work and I try not to allow my broken heart to flow with tears for my failures because of the co-workers would see the red eyes and wonder what was up. This was a time of feeling a failure for something I love so much a little stream of tears began to trickle out of each eye onto my cheek slowly rolling down my face. It could not be stopped because the love was so deep and the sadness.

I want to be one of the angels that did not leave God and His goodness. I wanted to be like Jesus the man and never let Him down or betray Him. The reality of my weaknesses broke my heart for the something I love so dear. Adam and Eve left Him. A part of the angels left Him. Why? How could you give up being with someone so wonderful? There was no pain and sorrow.

In my brokenness and wiping away the little streams of tears as a deep soul would cry of God help me not to betray You or leave You. My thoughts came back to the question, is there anyone else who did not betray You? No one else came to my mind. Most of the angels and Jesus the man never left God’s side. No one else had the love of Mtt. 6:9 “…Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.” v10 “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.“

I am still tearful inside behind my eyes thinking about did anyone else stay with God. I have found God to be a loving, caring, and a forgiving God when I absolutely did not deserve it. I have seen enough evil in my life and around my life to this present day that I do not want anything to do with that side of evil. I want to be totally on the side of God’s goodness and not fail Him.

The comfort of God came to me in my down trodden state of mind, heart, and soul. God took my thoughts of “If You Love Something” to Jesus the man. Even though God Almighty was inside the fleshly body of Jesus Col. 2:9 “For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.“, the man Jesus had a free will choice. We have a free will choice to choose whom we love one hundred percent.

Jesus the man lived a daily life of Mtt. 6:9 “…Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.” v10 “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” Jesus the man constantly pointed out that he was only doing the things he was doing because God showed him what to do. Jn. 5:19 “…The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do…” Jesus the man was tempted with all the things we are tempted with, but overcame them staying by God’s side. Heb. 4:15 “…but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.“

Jesus the man stayed by God’s side the whole time because he realized the value and importance of God’s goodness. Jn. 5:30 “I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge… because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.” Jesus the man chose to stay by God’s side no matter what. Jesus the man knowing his death was near said, 42 “…not my will, but thine, be done.” In my weaknesses, I wish I could be more like Jesus and constantly stay by God’s side and will.

As I had that thought, God stepped in dropping His word into my spirit that Phil. 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” Totally relying upon Jesus to help me maintain a life of living on the side of something that I love – being with God. We all walk in a world filled with evil and the devil’s plans unfolding before our eyes pushing the end time prophesies fulfillment.

I want to be like Jesus and be among the few that stays by God’s side through out all of eternity. I am glad I was water baptized, fully immersed, in the only name that represents never leaving God’s side and has the blood of forgiveness inside that only name that carries the power to wash away my sins in Jesus name.

I am glad I prayed to God about receiving the promise and the power of His Holy Spirit in the same way the apostles did. If He wanted me to have it then I wanted it. If you love something you are willing to surrender your will to the “Thy will be done.” The power of the Holy Spirit came upon me with such overpowering divine love and changing power my words of English praise was converted into a language only the Holy Spirit of God could give. The words of praise to God went beyond a mortal man speaking to a heavenly worship that no earthly joy could explain.

“If You Love Something“, Jesus is Jn. 14:6 “…the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” and you will have in your life beyond mankind and traditions. The Mtt. 6:9 “…Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.” v10 “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” will be your entire theme and purpose of life.

My love for God and His word superseded the traditions I was raised in and my obedience went directly to what God said in His word. That is why I got re-baptized from the traditional way of the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost to being baptized in Jesus name. God put everything in the name of Jesus for us. Jesus the man did not fail God nor did the Apostles fail God in preaching the plan of salvation, which was:

Acts 2:38 “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” I want to stick with God and His word. What do you want to do? Join the angels and Jesus the man who stayed with God or follow everyone else who did their own thing rejecting God?

v39 “For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.” This salvation is an unchanging promise to you, your children, and to ALL that are afar off. Do you hear the Spirit of God calling you? “If You Love Something” with all your mind, heart, and soul; you will be willing to follow Him when everyone else chooses not to go. Apply ASK acronym.

There are two types of creation that stayed with God – angels and the man Jesus. We are not of heaven to be angels, but we are of the earth and can be like the man Jesus through His strength and Spirit. Turn your failure into victory, get saved in Jesus name, and live a daily life with the goal of loving God to the very end. Be among the few here on earth. All the goodness you could ever receive there is nothing greater than receiving God Himself. He is the greatest of all good. Help us God not to fail you! “If You Love Something” more than yourself.

You Have the Right to be Deceived

Voices are free to speak is a God given freedom. God spoke creation into existence. Gen. 1:3 “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” God watched Adam freely speak names for the animals. Gen. 2:19 “…God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them…” Adam freely named the animals will God watched as a loving Father.

In the garden of Eden God freely spoke guidelines to follow and what will happen if you freely go outside those guidelines. Those guidelines were free to obey and free to disobey. To obey God’s words was without sacrifice, but to disobey God’s words had a sacrifice with eternal consequences.

Gen. 2:16 “And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:” v17 “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” God made it simple and clear. All trees in the garden are good to eat from, except one tree. The one tree will bring death – 99 good, 1 bad.

Freedom of speech does not take away your right to be deceived. “You Have the Right to be Deceived“, but the words of truth from God was a warning of what will happen if you freely accept the deception or freely choose the disobedience. God did not stop the words coming out of the devil’s mouth. God spoke freely. Adam and Eve spoke freely. The devil spoke freely. Freedom can be good or do evil.

Gen. 3:1 “Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast… And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall NOT eat of every tree of the garden?” The devil twisted and mixed God’s two sentences of “…every tree of the garden…” and “…thou shalt not eat…“. The devil made the good trees one with the evil tree just like his present state. The devil was once an all good angel and then he took in evil eternally corrupting himself. He wanted the same evil end result for the children made in God’s image. Eve corrected him on the dying part is only with that one tree.

v4 “And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall NOT surely die:” The woman stayed with God that you will die and the devil said from his own corrupt self you won’t die. The words you believe determine your destiny. This is where God pointed my thoughts towards mankind of “You Have the Right to be Deceived“. It is totally a freedom of choice. The devil added the word “not” in front of “surely die“. God did not say this things, the devil did. We all have the right to be deceived or search for truth, but no one has the right to escape the results and accountability of those choices. Did the devil get by with his corruption?

5 “For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.” The devil just out right lied without mixing and adding words. God said none of this, but the devil is saying this on his own implying this is what God knows. The devil is speaking for God. Be careful when anyone speaks for God. Do your research and pray. There are only two main beings at this moment that have the knowledge of good and the knowledge of evil. What is the status of these two beings? What is their present condition?

God is still God and has not changed. He has the knowledge of good and the knowledge of evil. Why do you think God warned Adam and Eve of the consequences of mixing their good knowledge with evil knowledge? God is the ONLY ONE who can handle the knowledge of evil and with the power to keep it separated, contained, and controlled. God is still good and the knowledge of evil has no control over Him. God never intended for any of His creations to be mixed with the knowledge of evil.

The devil was once an angel of good known as Lucifer, son of the morning. What happened to him after mixing good with evil that he was offering to Adam and Eve? Lucifer was cut down to the ground losing his angelic status to complete eternal devil. All because he freely thought he could go to heaven, exalt himself above the stars of God, sit on the mount in front of everyone, and keep going above the tops of the clouds making himself the Most High. Is. 14:12-16 It is simple, don’t try to be something else than what God created you for. It will bring nothing, but evil and corrupt results.

The devil’s status and condition was cut down as fast as lightning. Luke 10:18 “And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.” Lucifer went from being an angel of perfection, full of wisdom, and perfect beauty to disgrace, banishment, corruption, and a spectacle to all Ezk. 28:12-17. He was consumed with lusts, murder, not staying in truth, and all truth was lost to him. Jn. 8:44 “…When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” Knowledge of evil kills your soul and this is what the devil in the garden was selling to Adam and Eve.

The devil was the one who was using the freedom of speech on Adam and Eve. He was the source implying “not every tree“, “not surely die“, and you “shall be as gods“. Does this look familiar to you? His speech was promoting do as he did and eat from the tree God said not to, you won’t die, and you will even be like God Himself. Does the devil really look like a god from his free choices? Does he seem to be a reliable source? Are you buying what he is selling? “You Have the Right to be Deceived“, but no one has the right to escape the results and accountability of those choices.

God allows the freedom of speech because He is looking to what you will do after that freedom of speech has entered your ears. You may want to read that sentence again. Adam and Eve were in no danger while talking. The devil had no power. He could talk all he wanted. Adam and Eve had all the power over the earth. The danger came after the talking was done, all words were spoken, and their freedom of choice taking action dictated the outcome. “You Have the Right to be Deceived” or in Adam’s case wanted to be something else than what God created him.

Eve accepted the deception and Adam was not deceived, therefore it leads you to believe Adam wanted the knowledge of evil mixed in with his God given knowledge of good for a reason. 1 Tim. 2:14 “And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived…” 2 Cor. 11:3 “…as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty…” Maybe, Adam in this moment was like Lucifer wanting something God had that He did not share with others?

I believe there is perfect reason why God did not originally create anything with the knowledge of evil in them because God knew He was the only one who could totally control, contain, and keep separate the knowledge of evil. Only the One True God could keep it in its place. This explains why God Himself had to come inside of Jesus the man to pay the eternal debt mankind owed to sin. Eternal debt for eternal payment through temporary flesh to restore eternal life once again for mankind, His children.

We all have the right to be deceived from the freedom of speech, but the choice after hearing the freedom of speech is what condemns us or sets us free. After the freedom of speech comes the next God given right is the freedom of choice. Eve’s choice was accepting the words of the devil on face value. Adam’s choice was from still knowing the truth, but wanting something else. They both ended up with the same judgment of eternal death, hell, and the grave for all of mankind.

Freedom of speech can come from anyone good, evil, or a mixture of both, which is still evil. “You Have the Right to be Deceived” like Eve or a clear mind to choose like Adam. It is the freedom of choice you make that determines the end result for your life and those you influence. We have a ton of people speaking today and it is up to our choice to accept or to research verifying if it is the truth.

I have seen in what few years I have existed in this world the results of the choices Adam and Eve had made. I have seen the results of what the devil was selling to Adam and Eve. I have come to the conclusion that I don’t want what Adam and Eve chose or what the devil was selling and is selling to a lot of people today. I want to go back with what God wanted originally with mankind before sin entered the world. What God was selling was a far better deal than what the devil was selling.

How do we get what God is handing out? Obviously, the world is filled and mixed with the knowledge of good and the knowledge of evil. There is pure good, complete evil, and the twisted part of good mixed with part evil all around us in this world. The only way for pure good is to do what God says without compromise unlike Adam and Eve compromising God’s word bringing all the evil into the world.

God told Adam and Eve what it would take to live in the garden of Eden. God has given mankind a second chance to re-enter a life like as the garden of Eden. The only difference is the one evil tree surrounded with good trees in the garden of Eden back then is the opposite today. Born again people are surrounded with evil and there is only one good tree we can eat from that God has provided.

What is that one good tree God has provided? In the garden of Eden there was a tree called the tree of life. It was the opposite of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you ate of the tree of life you would live forever in whatever state you were in. If you ate of the tree of life then the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you would be in a death state forever like the devil. Simple understanding of the two trees is one you would be feeling great and the other you would be in never ending suffereing.

It is too late for us to get to the tree of life in the garden of Eden because God closed off access to the garden of Eden and placed an angelic security around the tree of life. Gen. 3:22, 24 Here is the good news that we don’t have to try to find the garden of Eden and attempt fighting angelic security to get to the tree of life. God has provided another freedom along with speech and choice to get to the tree of life.

Adam and Eve chose the tree of the knowledge of good and evil condemning all of mankind to an eternal death of torment originally only meant for the fallen angels. Rom. 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” We all fall short of making it to the tree of life. God has made up the difference.

Here is where the tree of life is waiting for us: Rev. 2:7 “To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.” You just said we all have sinned and come short and now you are saying “…to him that overcometh…“? All you and I need is the “…him that overcometh…“. God provided a “him” for us to go through to get to the tree of life.

We can make it through the “him“, Jesus Christ that God sent to overcome where we all fell short. Through Jesus we can Rev. 22:1, 2 walk down by the river of the water of life that is clear as crystal flowing out from the throne the man Jesus and the Creator God sit upon. Phil. 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” All things are possible through Jesus.

The question is how do we go through Jesus and be that “…him that overcometh…“? Apostle Paul reminded the Roman Christian church on which they were founded that when we are Rom. 6:3 “…baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death.” v4 “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” Submerged water baptism puts us inside Jesus Christ applying his death to us by his name.

If you want to on the inside Jesus there are three elements of being born again, which places you inside Jesus, the body of him that overcometh. The way is through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We have to experience these three things without physically dying, being physically buried, and we don’t have the physical power of resurrection, but Jesus does.

Jesus died on the cross physically taking all of mankind’s sins into his fleshly body. This takes care of the falling short of the glory of God for us. He was buried in a tomb and on the third day he arose again alive with a new body. The born again of the water and of the Spirit is how we go through the death, burial, and resurrection with him.

For us to experience death is where we make the freedom of choice to repent, dying out to sin, and turn our backs on all wicked ways. For us to be buried with him is us being submerged completely under water saying in name of Jesus Christ over us, which symbolizes being buried with him, though ours is a watery grave and his was in a tomb. At that moment of saying the name of Jesus Christ over us in the water it applies his powerful blood of forgiveness while washing away our sins. Coming up out of the water is how we experience the resurrection along with receiving the power of his Holy Spirit creating a new creature of Christ in us.

Apostle Peter preached the steps of salvation in Acts 2:38 “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” Obeying this scripture puts you on the path of the tree of life. This one scripture is like it was with Adam and Eve, but only in reverse. We all have the condemnation of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and this scripture is the one tree among all the other trees to bring us eternal life and set us free.

You and I are standing before this world with them revealing to us that “You Have the Right to be Deceived” and the truth is we can choose to stay with God’s word. Adam and Eve chose to NOT follow God’s word with the horrible results we see today. You can choose churches today that do NOT follow exactly what God’s word says selling you bits and pieces, adding and taking away God’s word to fit their desires. Sounds similar what the devil did. Accepting anything as the plan of salvation may not show you the results here on earth until it is too late when you go there before God in His judgment seat. Do you want to gamble like Adam and Eve, taking that chance with your eternal soul?

I don’t want what Adam and Eve chose, nor do I want what the devil or mankind is selling. I only want the one way, the one truth, and the one life that will get me back to the Father. Jn. 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” I encourage you to walk everyday in the fellowship of Jesus Christ and God’s Spirit. Now, is the time to hear the voice of God freely flowing in the oneness of choice living an overcoming life and to hear Him finally call you His good and faithful servant.

Forgiveness in No Other

Jn. 1:29 “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” (KJV translation) I hope you see Jesus coming to you.

The echo of God’s word was fulfilled on this day when John saw Jesus and said, “…Behold the Lamb of God“. John is pointing here is the Lamb of God has provided. Gen. 22:7 “And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said… Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” v8 “And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb…” (KJV translation). Here is our sin, death, destruction: but where is our savior? God is going to do it personally.

John spoke in a revealing way what God had promised to provide from the beginning that He will, “…I will…“, crush the devil’s head and the devil will strike his heel (the Lamb of God) – death to death. God will provide Himself a man like as a lamb for the death payment of mankind’s sin crushing the devil’s authority and the devil will strike death to the body of the man known as what John said to be, “…the Lamb of God“. Gen. 3:15

God’s death blow will be to destroy the power of death over mankind Heb. 2:14, 15  taking care of the eternal spiritual aspect of mankind and the eternal debt of punishment. The devil’s blow of death to the man, the Lamb of God, is his way of thinking that killing is the final answer. This is no ordinary human being that loves God. This is The Lamb of God that will resurrect on the third day with a new body for mankind to once again return to the presence of God spiritually and physically.

God handled totally the spiritual aspect, for Jn. 4:24 “God is a Spirit…” and the man Jesus, the Lamb of God, handled the fleshly aspect. Jesus lived, moved, and had his being in God Acts 17:28 as it was meant to be from the beginning when God created Adam and Eve. This is why Jesus said from the fleshly man side and sealed by God’s Spirit that Jn. 14:6 “… I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” Everything for our salvation is inside of Jesus and his name.

“Forgiveness in No Other” is sealed by God’s Spirit and the Lamb of God, the man Jesus. This is why Peter full of the Holy Ghost, which is God inspired, said that Acts 4:12 “Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” (BSB translation) 12 “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (KJV translation)

 “God is a Spirit…” and Jesus was a man born of flesh. When God told Adam and Eve they will die if they eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil He could not save mankind as a Spirit. God had to save us through flesh and blood to pay the death penalty for us. This debt was so powerful only God could pay it for us. God is a Spirit and cannot die. God put all His salvation for us in the man Jesus creating the final Lamb of God. Earthly lambs were temporary, but the heavenly Lamb was eternal.

Jesus has paid the price and is in heaven waiting for us to come home to God through his name. All of salvation is in his name covering all the spiritual aspect and the physical aspect. His name is the gate way holding all the truth and the making us alive with eternal life. Why his name?

Rom. 14:10 “…for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.” v11 “For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” v12 “So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.” (KJV translation) Why his name? It is Jesus who we will be judged by.

Jesus is not only the Lamb of God for our salvation, but also the seat of judgment. God has put all of our destiny in the hands of Jesus. Accepting and rejecting forgiveness is found in no other. We all have the choice to live this life as Adam and Eve chose or we can choose to live this life as to what Jesus did.

THE ALL POWER

Mtt. 28:18 “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.” Heaven and earth is the spiritual aspect and the physical aspect. Jesus has All Power over both and it is All in him. This pretty much seals who has the power of heaven and who has the power of the earth.

All Power is in his name – Jesus. We are to do all things in Jesus from our second birth of being born again of the water and of the spirit. Jn. 3 Are you seeing a consistency of physical and spiritual? Do you see semblance of heaven and earth? Col. 317 “And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.” If doing all in Jesus name would not this invoke that All Power in our lives?

ESSENTIAL & CRUCIAL

One of the most crucial understandings I believe is missed by almost all people in the religious world is that the salvation blood of the Lamb of God is totally in the name of Jesus. This scriptural understanding would mean if you are not baptized in Jesus name then the blood of forgiveness is not applied to you. The born of the water baptism in Father, Son, and Holy Ghost does NOT apply the blood of forgiveness because those are not names, but titles only. Do you write down Father as your name?

“Forgiveness in No Other” is a scriptural fact. All pastors, teachers, other Christian titles, and all followers who call themselves Christians must be baptized in Jesus name to be scripturally, spiritually, and physically have their sins forgiven and washed away. Acts 4:12 “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” There is no other door out of the scriptural room. There is only one door in and to be saved is to go through this one door.

There are many many plans of salvation in all kinds of different Christian called religions, but there is only one plan of salvation the apostles preached and taught. This is your moment at the tree of the knowledge of good and the knowledge of evil. Do you listen to outside sources as your foundation or do you listen to God’s word only?

In the beginning with Adam and Eve how many changed and different words of God did it take to bring sin and death to mankind? What? Yes, how many words did it take for Adam and Eve to disobey God? It started out with just TWO words. The word “not” and “surely“. Could it be today’s salvation preached of “Just Believe” are the two words that do not complete on how to be saved? Ja. 2:19 You believe that God is one God. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and tremble. Believing is equal to devils. There must be more to it than “just believe“.

GOD SAID

Gen. 2:16 “…Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:” 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.“

DEVIL SAID

Gen. 3:14“Now the serpent… said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” v4 “And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:” v5 “For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil”

One word plus the twenty-seven words God never said added to the basic thirty-nine words God did say changed the eternal destiny of mankind. Do you think the accuracy of God’s words is really important? The cost of all of mankind and the world a life of death, hell, and the grave with the eternal punishment of a lake of fire after the grave. Twenty-eight words decided the horrific things we experience in this world and the eternal one to come.

WHAT WAS SAID CONCLUSION

God said basically all trees were good to eat, except this one tree will bring death. The devil added “not” to all trees and you won’t die. We, mankind, cannot afford to accept opinions with words different or added to what God said. Do you want to gamble your eternal soul on just accepting a man’s word over God’s word? The devil picked and choose what he wanted from God’s word. Does mankind pick and choose what they want to preach is God’s plan of salvation? How many churches preaches something different from the same Bible?

I don’t know about you, but I don’t want what Adam and Eve chose; nor do I want what the devil is selling. This leaves my choice to be, I want what exactly God’s wants for my life with no deviation or added smooth salesman selling words. We all see the results in this life of choosing what the devil wants and even watering down in less portion of what God’s word truly says.

2 Tim. 4:3 “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;” v4 “And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” Does this explain all the different Christian religions? One God with one set of words for Adam and Eve. One devil mixing other words with God’s creating multitude of confusion. One God kept it all in one place for a life of oneness with Him.

CANNOT ESCAPE THE NAME

Acts 4:12 “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” “Forgiveness in No Other”. What hits me very very hard from the scriptures is the fact of the power of the blood of Jesus is in his name. When you apply that powerful name of Jesus in oneness of the word of God in water baptism all your sins are washed away. How powerful is that? If you have a lot of sin that understanding hits hard and powerful. If you have little sin it is less power to you and must imagine what it is like to others. The eternal power of the spiritual and the physical is forgiven from the Lamb of God in Jesus name. How powerful is that name of Jesus?

Many many Christian churches take this scripture of Mtt. 28:19 “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:” as what it takes to save your soul along with others saying all it takes is “just believe“. Is that all the Bible says to do?

Salvation in the Old Testament before Jesus, the man was born, was a temporarily moving forward of sins that had to be repeated over and over to keep pushing it forward. Jesus had God inside him paying our sin debt once and for all with no need of any more sacrifices. Forgiveness is given to us by the life of the innocent blood of the lamb. Water baptism in Jesus covers our sins.

To put it simply, baptism in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost does NOT apply the blood of the lamb. The scripture says, “….in the name…“. People today have said those people back then needed to know Jesus name, but not today. What? Father is a title not a name. Son is not a name, but a title. Holy Ghost is a title and not a name. Jesus is a name.

Father in this scripture is referring to us knowing Him in His first moment of fellowship with us as in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth as the Father of creation. Son is the second moment God’s Spirit dwelled within a man as the Lamb of God who walked among us to pay our sin debt, death, and hell. Holy Ghost is the third moment of our time in knowing God in the renewing of our spirit.

Here is absolutely the most unavoidable scriptural truth that the first time we knew God as the Father that He is a Spirit and there is NO BLOOD in a Spirit. God coming to us as the Holy Ghost is also a Spirit form and there is NO BLOOD. “Just believing” there is NO BLOOD. Son has all the blood of the Lamb of God within himself, but the title “Son” has NO BLOOD. These are NOT names, but three different stages of the one true God coming to us.

Lets look at the scripture once again. Mtt. 28:19 “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:” Look very closely, do you see it says, “…baptizing them in the name…“? The name is singular meaning one name. What do you think that name is? Is there any other name under heaven and earth given among men whereby we must be saved? Is Father a name under heaven? Is Son a name under heaven? Is Holy Ghost a name under heaven?

Apostle Matthew knew everyone would know he is quoting Jesus who came in his Father’s name (Jn. 5:43 “I am come in my Father’s name…“), fleshly born given name (Mtt. 1:21 “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.“), and the Holy Ghost sent in his name (Jn. 1426 “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things…“). Jesus is the name God put all of Himself from the beginning to the end.

Apostle Matthew was not promoting a trinity doctrine as many people today advocate. Apostle Matthew was pointing out God has come to us in three different stages/moments putting all of our salvation inside of Jesus and the name of Jesus. What all are we suppose to do in Jesus name? Col. 3:17 “And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus…” Are we doing something different using Father, Son, and Holy Ghost than the scriptures?

The trinity doctrine of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost does NOT have the BLOOD of salvation. The blood of salvation is inside the name of Jesus only. This is the same name that has the Mtt. 7:21-23 power to prophesy (predict future events), to cast out devils, physical healings, and other miraculous wonders no matter their belief system, but in the end at judgment it will be the question of have they been baptized into his body in Jesus name. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, but by him.

I am telling you with all my heart and understanding the blood of forgiveness and the washing away of sins only come through the blood inside Jesus name. The power of that name is our refuge, our strong tower of safety, and the home for our purpose as a functioning part in the body of Jesus Christ. His name is the door to the ark of salvation before the flood of the end time judgment.

You are not scripturally saved unless you have been baptized in Jesus name and filled with his Holy Spirit. Acts 2:37 “Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?” v38 “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.“

Col. 2:9 “For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.” If the fulness of the Godhead dwells inside of Jesus and that name is applied to us what does the power of that blood and the power of that Spirit do to us?

Do you know the song:

What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

O precious is the flow
that makes me white as snow;
no other fount I know;
nothing but the blood of Jesus.

TAKE A CHANCE

If the devil added one word and twenty-seven words that God did not say and it caused all of the world to plummet into sin, death, hell, and the grave do you want to take a chance on your soul without searching things out for yourself? If mankind today are telling what God said about salvation should you not research yourself with God and His scriptures? I can’t a more powerful name to be saved in other than Jesus.

Do you want to take the chance of ignoring the thirty-four words of salvation from the man, Apostle Peter, that Jesus gave the kingdom of heaven to when he said, Acts 2:38 “…Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” The Catholic church claims Apostle Peter as their first Pope and do not follow this scripture that Peter preached. Did they change it and added other things? Sounds like what the devil did to Adam and Eve and they followed along. What does it say about society today following whatever feels good?

Mtt. 16:18 “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” 19 “And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Is Apostle Matthew or anyone else given a more powerful position as the Apostle Peter? Jesus, himself, gave this authority to Peter.

What is at stake here? Your soul and the divine life of fellowship you were meant to experience along the way in this world, accumulating truth God shows you, and the eternal life back home with God in heaven through the body and Spirit of Jesus Christ. God in Jesus covers the spiritual aspect and the physical aspect through the born again of the water and of the spirit in Jesus name.

Have you been submerged under water with the power and the blood of the Lamb of God in Jesus name fulfilling the born again of the water? Have you prayed unto God until the power of the Holy Ghost comes upon with the undeniable evidence of God’s Spirit speaking through you in Jesus name? What will you do? Don’t take my words for it. Read the Bible yourself with an openness to God and close your ears to the words of the devil and mankind. It hits me so powerfully the blood, the death, the burial, and the resurrection are all in the name of Jesus and backed by the All Mighty God’s Spirit.

THE BLOOD OF FORGIVENESS IS IN NO OTHER THAN IN THE NAME OF JESUS!

I Love Who I Am in Jesus

God dropped this understanding into my mind and it blessed my heart. I am asking Him to help me convey it to you. “I Love Who I Am in Jesus” has a dual meaning when this thought came to me. I see with an understanding of who I use to be before accepting Jesus in my life. I see with understanding other people in the news and in the local community of not having Jesus in their life. The evil and darkness that was in me, in the news, and those in our community pushed me to the place where God dropped the wonderful understanding “I Love Who I Am in Jesus“.

“I Love Who I Am in Jesus” is not a statement of perfect completion because I am always on a daily basis growing and changing the necessary things towards that goal, which I believe only the true perfection comes after this life. “I Love Who I Am in Jesus” is a statement of a present day status. The dual side to this statement is “I do not love who I was outside of Jesus“.

All of mankind is born outside of Jesus with a fleshly nature that has the potential and susceptibleness to doing things that are evil. Rom. 3:23 “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God“. This is what God says our flesh is capable of doing to ourselves and others. Read over these and check off the ones in your mind that leaps out to you and to those you see in the news along with those in your community.

Gal. 5:19 “The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;” v20 “idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,” v21 “and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like…” (BSB translation) Don’t worry about the words you do not understand, but for now the ones you do understand. You can research the meaning of others whenever you want.

There is another list of things of our flesh God tells us that will exist in what He calls the last days before Jesus returns to the earth. This prediction of the last days is pointing out those outside of Jesus that will cause terrible and horrible times for themselves and all of mankind. It will be worth reading over these checking the boxes that reminds you of yourself and those you see in the news and in the community. It really reveals the truth of why “I do not love who I was outside of Jesus“. I hope you see the same for yourself.

2 Tim. 3:1 “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.” v2 “People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,” v3 “without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,” v4 “treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God-” v5 “having a form of godliness but denying its power…“

After reading all of these things of the flesh and you see our news today, I believe you will see we are in the last days and why I appreciate loving the what I am presently am in Jesus and not what I was outside of Jesus. It is possible if you did not see any of these things pertaining to your flesh that you are in the group of people that the evil god of this world has blinded the minds with darkness to those who do not believe and not seeing the light of the one true God and Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:4 I was once there.

From the list of the last days fleshly actions and thoughts 2 Tim. 3:6 “They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires,” How many woman of all ages do we see in the news and the community doing and saying crazy things outside of the scope of common sense in the streets, in the schools, on the internet, and from professional services? It is not just woman, but also males being lead of those you read about the flesh being the leader of their thoughts and actions.

One of the reasons I say, “I Love Who I Am in Jesus” is because if I were still outside of Jesus I would be totally at the mercy of the deception and lies of the evil god of this world along with my selfish flesh. This would be putting me in a place of 2 Tim. 3:7 “always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth“, which the frustration and stress would invoke the state of violence and killing because the inability to see and accept words of truth.

Our flesh and the god of this world puts us in a state of not believing in God and Jn. 12:40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn—and I would heal them.” It is our free will choice to give God a chance in our life. “I Love Who I Am in Jesus” because I gave God that chance to be in my life and share each day with me.

The other reason I say, “I Love Who I Am in Jesus” is because seeing the truth of salvation found only in Jesus, being baptized in Jesus name washing away all of my evil sins and receiving his Holy Spirit as he gave me the words to speak as a sign he had moved inside my body with my spirit to save from this world and my flesh. Not everyone sees this revelation of the original plan of salvation. The plan of salvation Peter preached has been changed by so many Christian claiming religions. I feel this is a dangerous thing and Apostle Paul warns people about this in Gal. 1:8.

I can say in full assurance in this present day my status in the plan of salvation with God and His word lines up in oneness completely with Acts 2:38 “Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” v39 “The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off – for all whom the Lord our God will call.” There is no scripture that says this plan of salvation stopped, changed, or is not longer necessary.

“I Love Who I Am in Jesus” because I know Jesus gave the keys to the kingdom of heaven with the God given power to bind and loose to Peter to preach salvation in Acts 2:38 and not to Matthew to contradict Peter with Mtt. 28:19. Most Christian religions follow Matthew over Peter. What did Jesus have Matthew to write down about Peter? And did he contradict Peter?

Matthew recorded Jesus telling Peter, Mtt. 16:19 “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Matthew did NOT contradict Peter saying in Mtt. 28:19 “… baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,” Jesus is the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Jesus came to us in the name of Father (Jn. 5:43 I have come in My Father’s name…), obviously he is the name of the son (Mtt. 1:21 “…thou shalt call his name Jesus…“), and the Holy Spirit is sent to us in Jesus name (Jn. 14:26 “…the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in My name…“).

Not all Christians or the world knows and accepts this truth. Matthew is simply pointing the three different stages God has come to us in what Peter said in Acts 2:38 as the Father of creation, the son of redemption, and the Holy Spirit of regeneration are all in Jesus name. Col. 2:9 “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.” Some Christian religions believe in a trinity of God and worry about offending their belief a trinity. There was no battle of the trinity and the oneness of God with Peter. Peter did not believe in the trinity of God nor did he worry about offending by baptizing in Jesus name.

After obeying God’s word and receiving the gift of God’s Holy Spirit according to Acts 2:38, I now strive to have Gal. 5:22 “.. the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,” v23  “gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” (BSB translation) A reminder that I have not perfected these traits, but it is a joy to be striving for these things instead of the horrible evil list of things the flesh will do along with ignoring God’s wholesome pure truth.

“I Love Who I Am in Jesus” and “I do not love who I was outside of Jesus“. Being in the state of mind, heart, soul, and strength to have the fruits of God’s Spirit in your life removes the need to have any law or police to keep you in good behavior. The law and the police are for those outside of Jesus blinded by the god of this world and the works of their flesh you see in the news, internet, and the community in these last days.

“I Love Who I Am in Jesus” is not a proclamation of being perfect. It is the foundation of a great gratitude and love being born again of the water and of the Spirit. I love being who I am in Jesus and I don’t want to be anything else, but to be more like him every second that I exist. Jesus promotes goodness.

Look at yourself and ask, am I satisfied with who I am right now? Do I want my flesh that will die one day to dominate how I live or do I want my spirit to have the roommate of God’s Holy Spirit showing me the right way to live this life leaving it behind to go to the place called heaven?

Obeying Acts 2:38 puts you inside the body of Jesus and the Spirit of Jesus inside of you.

“I Love Who I Am in Jesus” I am so happy and deeply grateful to God.